Boo!

Happy Halloween!

I've lost 30lbs this year, so I'm going as a skeleton.

I built this guy (Dennis) in my trainer's garage in Bend, OR. A fun weekend with fellow classmates as we wielded drills and bungy-cords and the occasional brew.

I was warned...'Sasquatch Crossing' sign in Piercy,CA on Hwy 101.

Foggy morning in the Redwoods. They hide best in these conditions!

Fall colors in the Redwoods on the 'Avenue of the Giants'.

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Erik LaSeur

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Travel scenes

I don't think this guy was too amused at me backing my car up to take his picture, he was strolling along the shoulder just inside the West Yellowstone entrance.

One of the painter's pots....

Boys being boys....

Larry checking out the snow in Yellowstone...

This guy stopped all traffic just outside Jackson, Wyoming...

Zion National Park, one of the tunnel vents...

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Sunset over the North Rim of the Grand Canyon...

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For more on the Feldenkrais Method® you can go to:

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Erik LaSeur
Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher®

http://www.alkimoves.com/

Keeping faith

Faith was born with her hind legs and part of a front leg (which had to be amputated).

She learned how to adapt to the situation and walks nearly erect. Notice how her tail is used for counter-balance.

Teach a person (or dog for that matter) how to function and their form adapts to the stimulus given it.

The common perception is that if you change someone's form then their function will change. I agree with this to a degree...once someone is in a chronic state then they can more easily address their habitual natures and learn to change their functions to more satisfying and efficient experiences.

Learn to live life more fully as a human being, or as a more full human doggie!

For more on the Feldenkrais Method® you can go to:
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Erik LaSeur

Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher®
http://www.alkimoves.com/

To give us a perceived sense of weightlessness...

Ummm..Alex...."What is a skeleton for?"

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correct....for $500!

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When we're well organized and the weight comes through our skeleton, there is no perceived sense of weight. With a high center of gravity and a low moment of inertia we can be quick in our movements using minimal effort.

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Watching the movements of world-class athletes, dancers, musicians, etc. gives us a glimpse of the beauty we can display in our own lives.

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After a few lessons many people report a feeling of 'lightness' (I've never seen anyone levitate though), feeling taller, or the sense of using less effort for the same tasks.

How does this happen? What's going on?

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The genius of Moshé was to create lessons that help us develop our ability to 'be' in space. From the moment we're born that is our job; to learn where we are, who we are, continually seeking refinement. This is how we become highly functioning healthy humans.

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We're all just tall, unstable cylinders either seeking stability (security) or refinement. The evolutionary aspect of our nervous system is one of refinement, given that we're not in a survival situation. Learning can only happen when our necessary needs are taken care of first (Maslow's heirarchy ;-).

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The good thing is that we can always, at any age, pick up this ability to learn...how to feel 'weightless.'

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For more on the Feldenkrais Method® you can go to:

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Erik LaSeur
Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher®

http://www.alkimoves.com/

Happy birthday

Today I turned 47!

And what a beautiful day it was. Sunny, 75 and a slight breeze.

The boy and I ventured on down to the cookoff that was still going on at the beach to have some more of that beef brisket.

An added bonus after we chowed down was that a very nice girl brought Larry and I a pork rib from their grill...I was ever thankful to her. She was with a family group from Portland, Klamath Falls OR, and Reno.

Had a leasurely pedal into DT this afternoon and really appreciated the fact that I can pedal 20 miles a day without much stress. I'm up to 826 miles in the last 7.5 weeks.

To life to life, I made it another year!

And here's to an even better one.

For more on the Feldenkrais Method® you can go to:
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Erik LaSeur

Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher®
http://www.alkimoves.com/

folks makin music

That's what folk music is...

I spent a wonderful weekend in Sisters, OR at the folk music festival. Saw many cool acts, none I've ever seen before.

The one act that left a very strong impression on me was Joe Craven. Joe spends his time at these festivals teaching ordinary folks how to create music. In his act he uses the simplicities of a recording device that can record loops of sounds, he also used pots and pans, etc. as instruments. I never saw Joe before or went to any of the music writing workshops, but what he said at the end of his act truly has inspired me.

I'm paraphrasing since I never wrote any of this down yesterday:

"We all have a story to tell, and we can only do it our way, not anyone elses. The more we suppress letting who we are to shine, the more we die. Whatever art you feel is inside you needs a way to come out, pick it up for 10 mins a day. The world will be a much better and happier place."

I played my saxophone today for the first time in a month or so...for at least 15 minutes!

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And the memories of that beautiful sunset as I was cresting 4800' Santiam Pass on Friday night...pink and blue sky...white trunked burnt out forest...crescent moon on horizon.

For more on the Feldenkrais Method® you can go to:

http://www.feldenkrais.com/

Erik LaSeur
Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher®

http://www.alkimoves.com/

Summer cleanse

It's monsoon season!

Other than taking the dog on his usual mile and a half walk I haven't been outside today.

It's wet.

The yard looks happy though. A good shower for all the living beings that inhabit my environs.

The process of change can include the occasional drenching, sometimes near-drownings. It's not that it rains, but how we respond to it.

If the rain would let up a bit...I just might have to go for a bike ride.

I've got lights.

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For more on the Feldenkrais Method® you can go to:
http://www.feldenkrais.com/

Erik LaSeur

Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher®

http://www.alkimoves.com/